Treva Whateva

On Ninja Tune

Treva Whateva - whateva, man...

Wonkiness is next to Godliness and Treva Whateva resides next to Wonkiness. So when you give it the time to percolate, Treva is Divine, and who would expect otherwise?

1979: Treva is born in a stable in Stockport (Bethlehem to Manchester's Jerusalem). Once the wise men have buggered off he has a relatively normal childhood except for the undiagnosed Attention Deficit Disorder, angelic visions and violent obsession with vinyl.

1993:Treva gets himself a job at the legendary Boom! Tunes, the first retail venture of a young Dave the Ruf, better known these days as the Jeep Beat Collective. His place in the pantheon of Northern hip hop is assured but the shop goes tits up. The Ruf takes his revenge by releasing "Westwood Is A Twat". Mr Whateva takes his by getting a proper job. Neither of them ever uprock again.

1997 sees Trev now employed at Fat City records (mis)managing the shop, deejaying Europe-wide, and helping to compile the first couple of Mystic Brew compilations. This year also sees Trev's vinyl-debut, with the exercise-hop classic "Tum and Waist" appearing on the fourth of DJ Morpheus' superb Freezone series. Masturbating over his Jane Fonda workout video while listening to it, Eric "Satan" Prydz hatches a plan for world dominance that will take seven years to reach fruition.

1998: Feet firmly behind the counter but ass on the dancefloor, Trev releases "Dangerous Disco" on London club Off-Centre's comp of the same name before handing over the shop reins mid-1999 as he signs up with big Brighton playas, Skint. The new manager of Fat City gets the reins tangled in the till and ends up disembowelling himself.

2000-2001: The fruits of Skint are are the well-received "Overdrawn & Overdue" and "Long Time Female Friend" EPs (on the Under 5's off-shoot) but, just as world domination seems inevitable, Treva gives an exclusive interview to the Brighton Evening Argus in which he reveals that Norman Cook is really Quentin Crisp and that the Skint crew are a bunch of softies who have lemon in their brew, fer fook's sake.

2002: Brighton gangsters and notorious illegal citrus fruit importers Tru Thoughts are given Treva's contract in exchange for not breaking the Skint crockery and immediately release the seminal "Singalong"/"Dedicated" 12. Ninja Tune, a CIA-funded palm tree exporting business, hear how well the record is doing and make Treva sign for them (it's not like they haven't done it before).

2005: Treva wins the general election and releases his first album, the quirk-spiritual, hip flap masterpiece, "Music's Made of Memories" - listeners report seeing a bright white light at the end of a tunnel and feeling peaceful and beatific.

2006: Trev acscends to Heaven, hangs out with the Almighty and makes everyone in the world rich, rich, rich beyond their wildest imaginings.

Other stuff you should know if you're not to sound like you don't really know what you're talking about:

-Treva has written sleevenotes for Fat City's Mystic Brew and 45 Kings series in additon to penning articles for publications including City Life, Mixmag Up-Date (Seven) and Fatlace.

-No stranger to radio appearances around the world, he also co-hosts the Hot Pot radio show. The public of the North West have been entertained by Trev and Mr. Scruff delivering the best in black music, top guests and cookery sound-bites for three years. You can even get it on the trains now. hotpotradio.com/index.asp